Feasibility Study of a Mobile Health App for Symptom Monitoring in People With Chronic Pancreatitis

Patients with chronic pancreatitis suffer from constant debilitating symptoms. They have complex needs and require specialist, multi-disciplinary care. The investigators have developed a mobile phone app for patients with chronic pancreatitis, called the SmartCP app - the first app of its kind for this patient group. What is SmartCP? SmartCP is an app that allows patients to log daily symptoms, diet, and physical activity for review at clinic. It creates a red-alert for action if there are worsening symptoms. A Monthly-Check-In feature looks for symptoms of new diabetes or pancreatic cancer. SmartCP provides education on every aspect of pancreatitis, as well as contact information for the clinical team and for important pancreatitis resources. To develop SmartCP, the investigators established a multidisciplinary steering committee. The study The investigators aim to conduct a feasibility study to determine if the SmartCP app is feasible in the management of patients with chronic pancreatitis, complementing current specialist healthcare. Specifically, they will investigate acceptability, retention, incidents, resources, app user statistics, as well as investigating the occurrence of crisis events, symptoms, escalating symptoms, new diagnoses of diabetes or pancreatic cancer, and the use of communication and education features.